Key variable used to study Mars’ ancient atmosphere varies during the day
This used to mess up our calculations, but now we understand why.
Tag: atmosphere
Spitzer confirms: no atmosphere on nearby exoplanet
Christened LHS 3844b, the exoplanet is 1.3 times larger than our planet and orbits its star in 11 hours.
Iron-breathing bacteria might have delayed Earth’s oxygenation for almost one billion years
Inhale iron, exhale rust.
The Earth’s atmosphere extends twice as far as the Moon, technically
You should probably try really hard to hold your breath around there, though.
Bombs dropped during the Second World War were felt to the edge of space
We've come a long way from being scared, scrawny apes in the savannah.
All this time, outer space was secretly much closer than we thought
Tricksy, tricksy space.
NASA releases atmospheric simulation of this year’s hurricane season
Cool and pretty at the same time!? NASA gets the best things!
Researchers discover atmosphere around an Earth-like planet
Can we get excited yet? Mmm no, not really.
Early life kept oxygen in check and stalled evolution for billions of years, model suggests
Evolution doesn't always procrastinate. But when it does, it's for 2 billion years.
A whole new branch of life could have evolved and died off on Earth 2,4 billion years ago
There's no proof. But the conditions were right for it to happen.
Io’s atmosphere collapses every time there’s an eclipse
Reason number #1304 not to colonize Io.
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is heating its upper atmosphere
The swirling gases could shed light on the atmosphere of other planets within and outside of our solar system.
NASA announcement: Martian atmosphere was stripped by solar wind
NASA figured out how Mars transformed from a lush environment to a red desert.
Astronomers discover huge hydrogen cloud around exoplanet
Astronomers using the Hubble telescope have identified a warm Neptune-sized planet that is "bleeding" a huge hydrogen cloud - thus ...
Neptune-sized alien planet found to harbor water vapor in its atmosphere
Astronomers have discovered water vapor in the atmosphere of a new exoplanet - a planet from outside our solar system ...
New study claims Mars had oxygen-rich atmosphere 4 billion years ago
Scientists from Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford have analyzed the compositions of Martian meteorites found on ...
Earth’s prehistoric atmosphere was covered in a haze similar to Saturn’s moon, Titan
If you think today's urban air, thickened with noxious smog, is terrible, just imagine how the Earth was filled in ...
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